this is bbc news, i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 8pm. new zealand in mourning as 49 people die and dozens are wounded in a mass shooting at two mosques. everybodyjust ran towards the back doors save themselves. i said to her on the phone, your husband has been shot outside the mosque. don't come through here but go to the hospital and wait for him. much of christchurch has been in lockdown with a heavy police presence. new zealand's prime minister called it the country's darkest day. they have chosen to make new zealand their home. and it is their home. they are us. the person who has perpetuated this violence against us is not. the suspect‘s been identified as brenton tarrant, a 28—year—old australian.

he's due to appear in court in christchurch in the next hour. we'll bring you all the latest developments in new zealand. in other news this evening. interserve, one of the biggest providers of public services in prisons, schools, and hospitals is expected to go into administration. it employs 16,000 people in the uk. they start and fisherman friends. they start and fisherman friends. the true story of ten fishermen from cornwall who gets assigned to a major music level. find out what with ink of that and the rest of these releases in the film review. good evening. at least 49 people have been killed and dozens more have been injured

after a gunman opened fire during friday prayers at two mosques in christchurch in new zealand. a man drove up to the al noor mosque and began shooting as he entered the building at around 1.40 in the afternoon local time. there was then a second shooting outside the linwood mosque nearby. the gunman identified himself as a 28—year—old australian and filmed the shootings — broadcasting it all live on social media. the prime minister, jacinda ardern, described it as a well planned terrorist attack and one of new zealand s "darkest days . our correspondent hywel griffith is in christchurch for us. that sense of despair will take some time to lift as people struggle to compare and what they witnessed. the attacks which started at the mosque just behind that police cordoned down the road from me. in all, 49 lives extinguished in minutes. when morning arrives here in christchurch, a 28—year—old man will appear

in court charged with all of those 49 murders. we may warn viewers some of the scenes distressing. fear etched on their faces, people fled christchurch's mosques looking for safety as armed police searched the city's street trying to track down the gunmen. worshippers say he shot indiscriminately, walking from room to room, sparing no one in his path. i was hearing that shooting after shooting after shooting. it went on about six minutes or more, and i could hear screaming and crying. i saw some people were dropped dead. when the firing started, i had

a look from over the fence there. there was one guy, changing the gun and taking another one, because he parked on this side, next to the mosque house. and he just took the gun and then firing started again, you know. a man identifying himself as australian—born brenton tarra nt live streamed his attack on facebook. earlier, he had published a 73 page document full of anti—islamic hatred online, as well as images of his weapons, his slogan scrawled on them by hand. the attack targeted two mosques in christchurch. at around 1:40pm local time, police responded to reports of shots being fired at the al noor mosque in the centre of the city. at least 41 people were killed here. the second shooting was a short drive away at the linwood mosque, where at least seven people were killed. one other died in hospital. police also defused several explosive devices attached to a vehicle. i heard and saw what i thought

were firecrackers, and i saw young fellows running down the street. and then, all of a sudden, it got quite violent, and i thought, no, that's not firecrackers. and they started falling. and one felljust to the left of my car, and one fell to the right. and then the guy on the street, he was trying help his wife. and the other guy, i could see, he was in bad shape, but i couldn't get to him, because that was where directly the gunfire was coming from. and the guy i was compressing, he was trying to ring his wife, and i managed to get it. i answered the phone, and i said to her, your husband's been shot outside the mosque. i said, don't come here, but please go to the hospital and wait for him. then i kept talking to him, and she was at the hospital waiting and he wasn't to give up. we did the best we could for him until we got him some help. the manhunt through christchurch

eventually ended with a car being rammed by the police and a suspect being wrestled to the ground. four people had been arrested. one has now been released. we never assume that there aren't other people involved. that's why we've got an immense presence out there across canterbury and right across new zealand, but we don't have named or identified people that we are looking for. it would be wrong to assume that there is no one else. the city's emergency services remain on high alert. christchurch's hospital has been treating dozens of people with gunshot wounds and is closed to all other admissions. late into the night christchurch has remained a city on lockdown. there is genuine fear that there may yet be further attacks. across the country, all mosques have been ordered to close their doors. for the very first time, new zealand's terror threat level has been raised to high.

new zealand's prime minister swiftly condemned the shootings as an act of terror and reassured the country's small muslim population that they should not have to live in fear. many of those who will have been directly affected by the shooting may be migrants to new zealand. they may even be refugees here. they have chosen to make new zealand their home and it is their home. they are us. the person who has perpetuated this violence against us is not. the deep sense of shock felt in new zealand is echoed around the world, messages have been sent from the pope, president trump and the queen. new zealanders are astonished that this could have happened. you don't think something like this could happen in new zealand or christchurch, we are such a small community, we are kind and loving. i do not understand why someone would hurt us like this in such

a way like an animal. why would you treat us like that? in times of such sorrow there is little that can comfort people today as they confront the question of how such violent extremism could have been allowed to fester here. we are now starting to learn more about the victims in the shooting and they came for the four corners of the globe, some from jordan or malaysia and some were syrian refugees that started their lives here again. the message has been sent to comfort and console people to make them feel safe. there were armed policemen on several of the street corners here to try and ensure public safety but there is still a sense of fear and of the unknown here. the prime minister tomorrow is expected to come to tell people what more she can do to try

and ensure nothing like this could ever happen again. so the gunman said he was a 28—year—old australian called brenton tarrant. our security correspondent gordon corera has been trying to find out more about the man and his motives. brenton tarrant, seen here in his car in an image he streamed live on the internet. moments later the 28—year—old would enter a mosque to kill. what do we know about him? both in australia he travelled widely, seen here it is thought in pakistan, and he also visited the united arab emirates. before the attack he published a 73 page document online. he describes himself as an ordinary working class white man who had an ordinary family, but also as a racist, fascist and nationalist. he said he wanted to target what he called invaders to incite violence and spread fear. he showed an arsenal of weapons in the boot of his car and two there is he appears to have posted images of some of the weapons

on social media and had written names on them, including other people who had attacked muslims and historic battles. he said he was not a member of any organisation or acting under orders, but had contact with many nationalist groups. should the authorities have known about him? that question was asked of the police chief. it is a very good question. what i want to tell you right now is that we had no agency which had any information about these people. i can also tell you that i have been in contact with my australian colleagues and they have no information on them until either. eight years ago norway was hit by one of the worst extreme right—wing terror attacks. dozens of left—wing teenagers shot dead. tarrant said this was an inspiration even claims to have had contact with the killer. he also says he supported the attack

at finsbury park mosque in london in 2017 when darren osborne rammed a car into worshippers. and on one of the weapons is the word rather, a reference to the child sex abuse scandal in the north of england, leading to questions about whether he could have links in the uk. this is obviously an emerging and fast moving picture but we will be resolute in pursuing ourlines of investigation if there are any links that need to be pursued. that is what we will do. there has been growing concern about the rise in extreme right—wing activity here in the uk over the last few years, that is why in the last six months for the first time the security services mi5 have become involved in investigating it. tarrant says he only recently decided on christchurch as his target. the authorities in new zealand and others around the world will now be focusing on this threat with a new urgency.

as we've heard, australian prime minister scott morrison described the attacker as an "extremist, right—wing" terrorist. so just how serious is the threat from right—wing extremism? simon cornwall is a counter—terrorism consultant, and former prevent lead in west london. good evening to you. good evening, thank you for inviting me. good evening to you. good evening, thank you for inviting melj good evening to you. good evening, thank you for inviting me. i wonder how seriously you regard this kind of threat. it's been coming for a while, we have seen an increase in the right wing activity. it sort of mirrors this as an islamist activity goes up, mirrors this as an islamist activity goes up, so mirrors this as an islamist activity goes up, so does right wing. it's an economic downturn and these things will push out to the discourse that allows the right wing to grow. but it's very shocking and also my thoughts are with the victims in the community of first responders involved in this. it's a terrible

accident. which citizens are more like new zealand which makes it even worse. when you see an increase in the far right activity what specifically are you seeing? there's more activity online. historically the right wing were very active online, that tends to have lots of the symbols on line a very wordy ideology but since daesh they have been using the internet and a much more streamlined way. they use a block sites and chat rooms, use websites, they are using facebook and aligning themselves and they seem to be a bit more in the modern discourse, we talk about in immigration and they use those sort of ideas and people are quite concerned about such as immigration and loss of jobs concerned about such as immigration and loss ofjobs and things like this. they use that as a discourse to try and blame people into divides

the sex of the community. clearly concerns of immigration is a mainstream political debate that's been going on in countries all over the world. it does not lead you down this path by any stretch of the imagination or it certainly should not. absolutely not. but people to put in their conspiracy theories and a latch on to the fact that normal people, you know, if you get out to the pub on saturday night may have discussion with your friends and it may involve something about immigration in that kernel of interest, when you read the ma nifesto interest, when you read the manifesto it's a lot of rambling and very bad things in there, but there are things about immigration and thinks about different countries in the way they react to immigration that would drag people and instructor corridor. he uses a victim in sweden who was killed, all in names but he victimizes the family again by using her as a

reason for getting involved, and again we have empathy with victims of these sort of attacks. you've talked with the picture here and we have referred to anders from norway. he mentioned daesh, we're talking about something that needs to be tackled globally, aren't we? absolutely. i think there is countries that are trying to join themselves up to attend to islamic extremism and the right wing in the western uk is much more prevalent than elsewhere so i think there is certainly an element that needs to be doing more. one thing such as rehabilitation programmes which are broadly the same, maybe the messaging slightly different but they are notjust messaging slightly different but they are not just fighting messaging slightly different but they are notjust fighting ideology, oi’ they are notjust fighting ideology, or political ideology. her white supremacist ideology. so actually the tools are there and i think the government needs to come out with a strategy that really does start to

attack the online space allows these people to put out youtube videos and allows them to talk on twitter, what has happened and things like that. there's a space on line being used and exploited. thank you very much for coming on. quarter past eight in the evening here. as the country wakes up in new zealand there is a shock that the attack of this nature could have been that most of these people believed was far removed from the international threat of terror. this is put into words by the mayor of christ church and this is what she had to say. i would like to begin just she had to say. i would like to beginjust by expressing she had to say. i would like to begin just by expressing the she had to say. i would like to beginjust by expressing the sense of shock that we all feel as a city, and asa of shock that we all feel as a city, and as a nation, and indeed across the world there have been expressions of love and sympathy and support for the people of christ church and in particular for the

communities that have been on the receiving end of this attack. our hearts go out to all of the victims, their families and of course everyone else who has been affected, and at the same time we acknowledge the extraordinary bravery and courage of our police and first responders and all of those who are i'iow responders and all of those who are now at risk supporting the victims of attack. our focus is very much on providing practical support to families, there is a lot for them to be going through and our hearts are with them, but our practical supports needs to turn to them as well. and then there is the wider community of christ church. we have all been effective, everyone has been touched in some way shape or form. the messages that i have had overnight have been a desire to come together as a community and to reach

out and offer solidarity to our community, our muslim community, and the part of our community, we are a very diverse city and christ church, we have welcomed new people into our city. we are talking about people in the city that have lived here for years and years and years. they are out years and years and years. they are our friends, our neighbours. years and years and years. they are ourfriends, our neighbours. we embrace them at this time and i know that i speak for all of the people and christ church when i say how much we want to come together to support them. we wants to work together with those communities to ensure that we do this appropriately and in support and give them the time and space that they need to deal with the immediate issues at hand. we still have injured people in the hospital. we will find a time

and a place for us to come together and a place for us to come together and to share that sense of grief and loss, but also to share that sense of love, compassion and support that we feel for these communities. that was the mayor of christ church speaking in the last hour. the headlines on bbc news. new zealand is in mourning as forty—nine people die and dozens are wounded in a mass shooting at two mosques much of christchurch has been in lockdown with a heavy police presence — new zealand's prime minister called it the country's darkest day. the suspect‘s been identified as brenton tarrant, a twenty eight year old australian — he's due to appear in court in christchurch in the next hour sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's will perry.

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liverpool got the draw they were hoping for, they take on porto and it's tottenham up against pep guardiola's quadruple chasing manchester city in the last 8. totte n ha m i tottenham i will respect of course. i know them quite well. had they are in front, how did they bring, they have with the pieces with ericsson, an incredible taker and experienced in all departments, but talking about any other team in the champions league would be the same. the europa league quarterfinal draw was also made today and arsenal face a tough tie against napoli. chelsea will play slavia prague. it's the first time in 48 years that england has had six quarterfinalists in major european competitions.

lewis hamilton headed a mercedes one—two in second practise at the season—opening australian grand prix. the reigning world champion edged team mate valtteri bottas by 0.048 seconds, with red bull's max verstappen third. ferrari, who appeared to have the quickest car in preseason testing, were fourth with sebastian vettel. and tiger woods' hopes of a third players championship title are dwindling after a terrible 17th hole at sawgrass. the iii—time major winner began the second round five shots off the lead. three birdies put him in real contention, before he hit two balls into the water on the par—three 17th on his way to a quadruple—bogey seven. that dropped woods back to three under par overall. tommy fleetwood's having a much better time. he was the overnight leader, and that's where he remains after going four under through the first three holes of his second round. he's leading on 11 under. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those

stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. more for you later. back to our main story today, the mass shootings in christchurch — the attack has reopened the national debate about firearms laws in the country, let's have a look at the figures. gun laws in the country were first passed in 1983 — and are considered to be more relaxed than many other countries outside the united states, including australia. there are believed to be approximately 1.5 million guns in new zealand — one for every three people — that's according to the most up—to—date figures from gunpolicy.org. unlike it's neighbour australia, there is no system of registration for the majority of guns in new zealand. and private gun ownership, firearms owned by civilians, increased 62% from 2005 to 2017. to discuss gun laws in the country

i'm joined from brighton by peter squires, a professor of criminology and public policy, he has written two books on gun crime and comparative international gun laws. good evening. good evening. i give an outline they are of the gun laws in new zealand, how do you look to you when you compare them to other countries? i think we divide the world a re countries? i think we divide the world are two different kinds of gun regimes. there's this relatively safe europe and there is going liberal america. australia and new zealand societies like that are both frontier societies with gun ownership traditions, still quite a lot of hunting going on and usually quite a strong gun lobby and that pushes back against any attempt to tighten up the gun laws and this is been the case in new zealand. has it

prompted much political debate their sites far? there was a massacre there in 1990 which led to a kind of partial tightening up, but then the gun lobby picked up a fuss i think about the very idea of an assault weapon. arguing as indeed many american gun—owners do that assault weapon is a rifle that fires automatically with each trigger pull. the problem is as we seen in america most of the most murderous mass shootings that have happened in the last ten years have taken place with people using assault weapons and weapons used on the yesterday and weapons used on the yesterday and today were those types of weapons. they kill very quickly and are very accurate and powerful. i think new zealand's failure was to bring them into licensing to know where they all were. many of these atrocities are committed by people with legally owned firearms and

that's really a major breach of public trust. so where does that ta ke public trust. so where does that take potential changing the law of people start to push forward, do you think? in australia after the port arthur shootings they initiated a major buy—back of the weapons, the assault weapon rifle type weapons. i think that's not inconceivable in the current situation. there has been concerned about this in new zealand for some time. and i think that's possibly the most likely scenario. we went through it ourselves in the uk after shootings when a man had a semi automatic rifle, and it was banned in britain in 1988. rifle, and it was banned in britain in1988. in rifle, and it was banned in britain in 1988. in this sense, when societies have these mass shootings they often legislate, but u nfortu nately they often legislate, but unfortunately it's too late for the victims. could you envisage new

zealand going as far as those european examples, do you think?|j wouldn't european examples, do you think?” wouldn't be surprised. it was surprised at how quickly australia moved, and the international understanding of the trillion laws —— australian laws was deemed to be very successful. no further mass shootings and the overall rate of gun crime fell. part of the problem is the idea of new zealand as a rural, agricultural and hunting culture. i don't doubt there will be pushed back against any attempt to legislate for these weapons, but an incident like this that the wake—up call to communities. especially aligned with the islamic phobia and overtly terroristic and intolerant motives of the shooters. thank you very much.

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to come before an english court. david duckenfield is accused of causing the deaths, but his defence say he's been singled out unfairly and held responsible for other people's incompetence. they say the hillsborough stadium was potentially lethal, badly designed and riddled with faults. defending david duckenfield, ben myers qc said, it's taking away from that report you can see the new zealand prime minister beginning a press conference. there are available beds and things for those in need. pathologists have made themselves available throughout the country and we have additional pathologist coming in from australia. three people have been arrested in relation to this event. one australian citizen will appear

in court today charged with murder. this individual has travelled around the world with sporadic periods of time spent in new zealand. there we re time spent in new zealand. there were not a resident of christ church, in fact they were currently based in another place at the time of this event. inquiries are ongoing did desh determine whether the other two that we re determine whether the other two that were arrested were directly involved with this incident. the fourth person who was arrested yesterday was a member of the public who was in position of a firearm, but with the intention of assisting police. they have since been released. police are working to build a picture of anyone who might be involved and all of their activities prior to this event. none of those

apprehended had a criminal history either here or in australia. and as isaid either here or in australia. and as i said last night, they were not on any watch lists either here or in australia. i want to be very clear, though. our intelligence community and police are focused on extremism of every kind. given global indicators around far right extremism, our intelligence community has been stepping up their investigations in this area. the individual charged with murder had not come to the attention of the intelligence community nor the police for extremism. i have asked oui’ police for extremism. i have asked our agencies this morning to work swiftly on assessing whether there was any activity on social media or otherwise that should have triggered a response. that work is already

under way. today, as the country grieves, we are seeking answers. i wa nt to grieves, we are seeking answers. i want to speak specifically about the firearms used in this terrorist act. iam firearms used in this terrorist act. i am advised that there were five guns used by the primary perpetrator. there were —— they were two semi automatic weapons into shotguns. the offender was in possession of a gun licence. i am advised that this was acquired in november 2017. a lever action firearm was also found. while work is being done as to the chain of events that led to both the holding of this gun licence and the position of this gun licence and the position of these weapons, i can tell you one thing right now. our gun laws will change. there have been attempts to change. there have been attempts to change our laws in 2005, 2012, and

after an inquiry change our laws in 2005, 2012, and afteran inquiry in change our laws in 2005, 2012, and after an inquiry in 2017. now is the time for change there obviously being —— questions being asked about how this person could enter the country and undertake this act of terror. i have instructed them to report on monday with a c sequence of events... including but not limited to firearms, border controls, enhanced information sharing with australia, and any practical reinforcement of our watchlist processes. i want to come now to what people can expect over the course of the day and beyond. the safety of new zealanders is our priority. new zealand police remain on high alert. residents are strongly urged to stay home if possible and stay safe. please

monitor the police website for further information. if you see something suspicious, please call 111 immediately. a number of events are being held across the country today, and there will be an increased police presence. please have additional patrols out on the streets of christ church to reassure the community. —— police. they have flown in additional staff with a further 80 staff arriving today. the additional police staffing includes detectives, technical specialists, and technical support. staff from other dh bees have requested other support as required. there will be additional support in christ church —— christchurch for mental health. if anyone needs to speak to someone or if they are feeling distressed in any way, i encourage you to call or

text 1737. there are staff available. that number again is 1737. that line is available to anyone without being directly involved in these incidents, whether they are residents of christchurch or not, anyone in new zealand who feels any kind of distress. the police are aware of distressing material relating to this event being online, and are reminding people that it is an offence to distribute the object —— objection material. i want to touch briefly on activity today and the response that occurred today. so just to recap — police immediately secured the areas involved in insured people were kept safe, including schools and office being locked down. police made a rest swiftly, and as i've said appear in court this morning,

defence specialists quickly move to assist police to make the implementation —— improvised explosive devices say. i want to make special mention of those who we re make special mention of those who were involved in both the parts of the operation involving disarming explosive devices, but also undertaking the arrests themselves. many of you may have seen the footage of the arrests, and i can only describe it as an act of bravery on behalf of all new zealanders, and an act that showed very little regard for their own personal safety. i'm sure everyone in new zealand once the acknowledgement of the police, protectorate —— but particularly the police officer who made that critical arrest yesterday. i want to acknowledge ambulance staff who many will have seen acting swiftly under horrific conditions, and all medical staff who continue to work with those who are injured. new zealand defence force at burnham camp yesterday were put on standby to

assist police in christ church. mosques around the country were provided with advice to remain secure and stay closed. this advice continues, as does the police presence at mosques around the country. the national threat level was raised to high, and that remains. this triggers a number of actions to help keep people safe such as increased aviation and border security. a number of specialist family liaison staff were deployed. close liaison has been established with the muslim community and other key people in christchurch. police and white or government will be working with members of the islamic community to provide assistance reassurance and support. our number to establish missing persons, and a website, restoring family links. there acting as a liaison

point forforeign links. there acting as a liaison point for foreign governments. consular representation for any foreign nations involved as being provided. at this stage, we understand those involved include pakistan, tu key, understand those involved include pakistan, tukey, saudi arabia, bangladesh, and malaysia. staff are dealing with offers of assistance and of course receiving a significant number of condolence messages. deputy commissioner has travelled to christchurch alongside other liaison officers to support the community. the specialist will work alongside local staff to support the families involved. they are assisting to repatriate them with their loved ones in a way that is consistent with muslim beliefs, or taking into account these particular circumstances and obligations to the corner. i want to finish by saying that while the

nation grapples with a form of grief and anger that we have not experienced before, we are seeking a nswe rs. experienced before, we are seeking answers. after this media conference, i will board a defence force plane and travel to christchurch. i will have other political leaders with me, including the leader of the opposition. as is the leader of the opposition. as is the entire nation, we are all unified in grieving together. prime minister, specifically what changes would you like to see regarding firearms? obviously as i've said, thatis firearms? obviously as i've said, that is a chain of events that we are currently analysing. but the effect was the individual acquired a gun licence and acquired weapons of that range, then obviously i think people will be seeking change, and i am committing to them. obtaining

that gun licence and travelling to new zealand, the more we learn about this person, the harder it is to understand why this person was not on the radar beforehand. again, i reiterate that this individual was not on the radar of either australian intelligence agencies or new zealand intelligence agencies. yes, he had travelled to a range of countries, sporadically been in and out of new zealand for periods of time. but i've asked on monday to reconvene all those agencies who will be able to piece together the nature of that travel, the sequence of events in terms of obtaining gun licenses, and shortly thereafter, the gun licence was obtained in november 2017, the purchasing of weapons began in december 2017. so obviously a sequence and chain of events there that began sometime ago, but those are all issues that

we are ago, but those are all issues that we a re a nswe rs ago, but those are all issues that we are answers around. any white supremacists on our watch lists that are focused on islamic extremists? given our rise of extremist views by those who held ideology that i can only describe as violent and extreme, are agencies here in new zealand have stepped up the work that was being done in that area. but again, that did not result in this individual being on any kind of watchlist. if you look at my comments at the time, i have always been concerned about that kind of rhetoric. but everyone should be. rhetoric of racism, division, extremism has no place not only in new zealand, but i would say in a

society as a whole. but mech what message do you have for the community members who might be angry. those who might be thinking about retaliation? i don't think thatis about retaliation? i don't think that is in keeping with their values. i know that they have questions, those are questions we are directly asking agencies. we are all working together to get those a nswe rs all working together to get those answers as quickly as we can. and as isaid in answers as quickly as we can. and as i said in our opening statements, if there is any suggestion that these individuals should have been known to us, we are looking into that as we speak. our duty was to keep eve ryo ne we speak. our duty was to keep everyone who was in new zealand home safe. that has not occurred here, so questions must be answered. the category of gun licence for firearms used in the attack? that is my understanding. to be clear, how is it that he could get a licence? my

understanding is he held a category a gun licence. i preface this that my advice currently is that under that gun licence, he was able to legally acquire the guns that he held. that will give you an indication of why we need to change ourgun indication of why we need to change our gun laws. can you tell us about the conversation topic would you like to see a weapons ban? that is certainly one of the issues i'm looking that with immediate effect. i asked for advice on this yesterday. it is a bit too early for me to say at this point, but again, as soon as new zealand is here, someone was legally able to acquire those weapons and carry out this event that will raise an enormous questions with our gun laws, and thatis questions with our gun laws, and that is why we will respond swiftly. we are coming out of that press conference with the prime minister.

there you see that new zealand press conference with the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda arden, making a number of references to the elements of the police inquiry, the rest, there are still two people they are questioning alongside the man who has been charged. a fourth person was released. her attitude towards gun laws, we were talking about gun laws a moment ago. she has adamantly said that gun laws in new zealand will change and you saw her there being questioned about exactly how they will change. she talked about the events that are due to ta ke about the events that are due to take place today in new zealand, and the added police security and police presence that people will witness at those various events, and also mental health support as well. that is jacinda ardern who will be heading to christchurch following that press conference. now on bbc news it's time

for the film review. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? interesting. we have ben is back, which is the story of addiction and recovery. we have the prodigy, which is a very nuts and bolts horror movie. and fisherman's friends, the kind of a true story of the cornish singing sensations. kind of true story. we will get to that in a minute. let's start with ben is back. julia roberts. this is a teenage drug addict who shows up unexpectedly at the family home at christmas eve. what could go wrong?